There is now a high demand for nurses in the Middle East. Nursing job employment for registered nurses are available in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain.

UAE has the most job openings for nurses, specifically in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They require at least 2 years experience and applicants may be required to pass the requirements of the International English Language Test System (IELTS) and the Health Administration Abu Dhabi (HAAD) for nurses who want to work in Abu Dhabi.

Nursing graduates of 2010 will be taking the nursing board exam this year on a different month. The Philippine Regulations Commission (PRC) recently released a statement saying that the new schedule for the nursing board exam will happen on July 2010 and December 2010.

The change in the PRC Nursing Board Exam schedule is made possible through Commission Resolution No. 2009-537 that was approved on November 13, 2009.

The November 2009 Nursing Board Exam Results of the Philippines is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2010. There is still no official date when the November 2009 Licensure Examination Results will come out, says the PRC.

This nursing board examination has recorded the most number of nursing graduates examinees for the past years. The Professional Regulation Commission board of Nursing says a total of 95,282 nursing graduates have taken the examination last November 29-30.

According to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, there are fewer Filipino nurses who are seeking employment in the United States compared to what was recorded in the previous years.

THE TUCP based their observations on the total number of nurses who took the US Nursing Licensure Examination which decreases this year.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is monitoring 177 nursing schools in the country which have not produce a single graduate who passed the nursing licensure exam in the last five years.

Chairman Emmanuel Angeles of CHED said this on his speech in front of the heads of colleges and universities in Metro Manila and other regions during the launch of CHED’s partnership with the Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig Foundation last October 23.